“We start planning the day after the fair,” she said. “The last two weeks are really crunch time for us.”

The fair will feature roping on Tuesday night.

Pool said there are different committees that work on different things during the fair.

“We have some that are more active than others, but then you have some that you couldn’t live without,” she said.

She calls it a very good working board.

“Everybody’s personality is different so everybody brings different things to the table,” she said. “It’s really nice that some people are from the business aspect of Lamar and Prowers County and others that are strictly farmers.”

She said the mix of the two works well.

“You have to get both sides of it,” she said. “I look at our fair being for our community and not just for the agricultural side of life.”

The board invests a lot of time to make that week a success, and Pool said there are plenty of nerves during that week.

“It’s an expensive venture,” she said. “We start getting worried if we picked the right act.”

She always tries to get animal events brought in for the fair.

“Some of our kids in this area don’t have the opportunity to go to the zoo every day and don’t have the opportunity to see things every day and be educated.”

Pool said the event couldn’t happen without the volunteers and sponsors.

“We couldn’t do it without them,” she said. “For the smallest of advertisers to the great big buyers, we just couldn’t do it. It warms my heart when they pick up the phone and ask if we need some help?”

Pre-sale tickets for the carnival are available.

“They are $18 now and I believe they will be $26 at the gate,” she said. “Any fair board member has them. We are going to be selling them at the Chamber of Commerce office. Lisa (Carder) will be there selling rodeo tickets, carnival tickets, concert tickets and UBBI tickets,” she said.